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children. Learn more at child advocates.net. The tax increases are coming. As we told you they would,

never doubt us on this show. we know these people better than they know

themselves and then coming up in a little bit we're going to talk about one of the little hidden

tax increases that brawn and the republicans uh three i mean they are the government now is

bribing municipalities to raise your taxes.

And that is the big takeaway from this year is that they are forcing in some, I mean,

they're making it almost impossible knowing if you give a crack addict some crack.

You can't go, well, I'm shocked that crack addict took the crack.

Now, if you gave me crack, I would be like, get this out of my hand.

Sure.

But if you give crack addict crack, you know they're going to use the crack.

And that's what the state has done this past year is they have given local governments

who they know are itching to raise your taxes, every incentive

to raise your taxes. We'll get in that a little bit. But first, we got to laugh at Braun

because he went to the Wawa yesterday. He did go to the Wawa yesterday. He said he stopped by

Indiana's new and first Wawa location for a milkshake. Now, that's a gas station with a bunch of

stuff in it, right? I guess they're known for Hogi's coffee and fresh food options.

Because they're building one in Brownsburg. Yeah. And I mean, that's, am I right? It's like a low,

it's like a low key buckies. It's got the stuff in it. Yeah. It's not a monstrosity like the

Buckees. Right. They're opening 160 stores across Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky over the next five to eight years.

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